But the Grunen and SPD will cling to power at all costs, so we're stuck with a Germany in Saddam's corner for now.

Yep. If Schroeder were to back America over Iraq the Greens would pull out of government and trigger new elections that would knock the SPD out of power. So, for now a small group of marxists masquerading as environmentalists are holding the German government hostage. Lesson: don't coalition with the Greens.